A friend of mine rode for TIAA-Cref in 2006. Vaughters started his 12 month contract in Nov. 2005, because his previous team was out of money and he needed to get paid. Consequently, he only got paid until October 2006.

My brother in law rode for Toyota-United in 2006 and was able to end his contract early, yet get fully paid, so that he would not have any conflicts with clothes or bikes at the Discovery camp in December. If your current team wants to be jerks, they can prohibit you from even attending an early camp like that since most contracts do run January through December.

Don't be surprised though if Zabriskie is riding for the Slipstream guys or vice versa in Greenville. Levi rode his butt off for George last year, even though they were wearing different jerseys.

I'll do what I can, but my loyalties are with the Medalist Sports gang. And then to VeloPress.

OK, watch for it. jeez, how can I pass up $10?

uh oh. you do realize that my limit is 10$, which i see you've already hit:

We are back on the small circuit. The shoulders of the leaders are starting to sway just slightly.
Three riders lead by 2:15 over a chase group of two. (Wren and Ramsay). The field still urking about at 3:00. Correct.46.3 miles into the race, the gap is 2:40 as various chaser attempts begin to launch from the field. the breakaway picked a slightly quicker line down the hill.
Daniel Ramsay of Successful Living/Parkpre is attacking the field.
We're descending again. Gap is now 2:15
Let's call him PAT McCarty now since that's what he goes by. Jonathan is his given first name, the rider from Slipstream. Sorry Patrick.